Visca--Putting in Time
Read the following article by Visca. Respond to the following questions:
1) Do you like or dislike Visca's outlook? Why/why not?
2) Find a line in this article that you feel represents your writing process. Copy it and explain how it describes or relates to you.
3) Find a line in this article that you feel is important in living your life. Copy it and explain how it describes or relates to you.
Word Count 150-200
Due TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4th.
As I sit here in my creative studio, I gaze outside and marvel at the spectacular day in front of me. I can’t help but observe the growth of the ivy that continues to envelop my house. It has now managed to weave its way along the perimeter of my porch. Somehow it has achieved what it set out to do: artlessly grow! It puts in the time — daily, weekly and monthly. Its focus is centered on one key objective: continual growth. It maneuvers itself forward towards the light, slowly blanketing each bit of surface.
The audiences that I inspire often comment, “Gerry, it’s easy for you to create. It comes naturally to you. You’re a super achiever.”
My audiences only witness the final product: a new book; an article; a magazine; an audio recording or a new presentation.
What they don’t see is the perspiration and the daily discipline behind the curtains.
Have you ever driven past a new subdivision that appears to suddenly spring out from the ground? We underestimate the tremendous effort involved in its creation. So many of us are infatuated with the future as a destination for happiness and peace. We also overlook the beauty and the wonderment that is directly in front of us. We can’t speed up the future no matter how hard we try; similarly, we can’t force a plant to grow no matter how much we will it to.
What you can control is the daily, weekly, and monthly actions thatyou intend for yourself in the present.
What I know for certain is that we all have a life purpose — and when you fixate on “putting in the time” you will uncover your true potential and you’ll help others live “in-spirit” with their why — the true path to being inspired.
At the end of 2008, I declared to myself — and then to the world — that I was going to live a life of inspiration. My life goal became aligned with a purpose of inspiring one million people to action across 33 countries. In the past 3 years, I have put in time and taken incredible action through the delivery of a myriad of inspirational presentations, publications, articles, and events.
As I leaned into my life purpose with determination, passion, and enthusiasm, I discovered I was able to shift my perspective of time. Through this process, I have managed to achieve greater results in far less time. My process consists of daily visualization combined with stillness of mind. I focus on harnessing new levels of energy and I align action with tremendous belief. When you create with this new mindset, then anything is possible.
Plato argued that time is constant and life is the illusion. Einstein noted that our understanding of time is based on its relationship to our environment. He further noted that the faster you move the slower time moves. Reality is merely an illusion albeit a very persistent one. There is no difference between past, present, and future time.
As I continue to live a life in-spirit, deeper levels of awareness for what I can “shift” have opened up. I have become fascinated with two significant concepts: The ability to create in less time and the power to completely re-create oneself.
For example, what used to take me a year to create now only takes several weeks. How is this possible? If time is an illusion, then I have demonstrated that we are the only ones that determine just how long it will take to reach a goal. As I continued to step into my greatness, discomfort and challenge presented itself. The more discomfort, the more disciplined and focused I became. I recognized the power in the statement: energy flows where my attention goes. I allocated energy towards what I wanted. When fear presented itself, I focused on what I could control by visualizing the end result of all that I was creating and taking action through creation.
My Process of Creation:
Imagine it
Believe it
Take daily action
Receive it
Believe it
Take daily action
Receive it
Putting in the time for me means living a disciplined program that starts at 5:45 am with my hour of personal power. Thirty-five minutes of physical exercise followed by 25 minutes of stillness and meditation. I quickly recognized that I needed to harness new levels of energy, so I adopted a new diet that included healthy smoothies, juicing, an explosion of greens and supplements from Usana Health Sciences. I carve out the time with very specific coaching days so I can pour myself into select clients who are on a path of doing great things. I continue to allocate writing days with a goal of publishing 17 books and producing monthly articles, tips, and inspirational audio productions.
Over the past three years I have reached incredible milestones, however this year has been the most impactful for me to date. I truly believe that when you are living your life “on purpose,” you reach a state of flow. As I write these words and glance at my past books, I ask myself, “When did I produce all of this? Was it me or something more powerful working through me?”
Everything that I do whether it’s writing, recording, coaching, extracting, presenting or inspiring everything is aligned with mywhy: to creatively inspire people and ideas to action.
This year was by far one of the most challenging — and equally the most fulfilling — times filled with tremendous personal and professional growth. Audiences often feel that inspirational speakers and authors like us never endure discomfort, sadness or fear. Well, let me set the record straight, we are human just like you. This year I was presented with some of the most life-challenging situations. In spite of these challenges, I managed to write over 1,000 pages, publish two books, produce 100 articles and tips, record over 50 audio and video productions, launch a 24-page glossy magazine, launch 12 major events and creatively coach 25 amazing DEFYENEURS, my inspired breed of entrepreneurs.
This year, I have even experienced a deeper and richer love. I spend more quality time with my two amazing daughters and travelled to 12 incredible destinations with my life partner.
This is your time to uncover your why and achieve your goals by putting in the time. Here is how you begin:
1. Go to the art store today, purchase a canvass, and paint that beautiful art that has remained dormant in your mind.
2. Get some clay and sculpt that magnificent form that has always been there.
3. Write that manuscript, regardless of what you think of it.
4. Draft that article and send it to a magazine publication for consideration.
5. Download an audio recording program and produce your first cd-rom with those beautiful poems and songs that you have stored in the abyss of your soul.
6. Stop what are you doing this very moment and grab your loved one sitting next to you and embrace them with the most passionate kiss ever.
7. Spend time with an expert in the field and ask them thought provoking questions to kick start your dreams.
8. Begin to THINQ and live a daily powerful question like: What would make this the biggest and the best year and live it for thirty days.
2. Get some clay and sculpt that magnificent form that has always been there.
3. Write that manuscript, regardless of what you think of it.
4. Draft that article and send it to a magazine publication for consideration.
5. Download an audio recording program and produce your first cd-rom with those beautiful poems and songs that you have stored in the abyss of your soul.
6. Stop what are you doing this very moment and grab your loved one sitting next to you and embrace them with the most passionate kiss ever.
7. Spend time with an expert in the field and ask them thought provoking questions to kick start your dreams.
8. Begin to THINQ and live a daily powerful question like: What would make this the biggest and the best year and live it for thirty days.
Keep putting in the time. You are the architect of your life if you don’t design it, then someone else will.
Gerry Visca, Canada’s Creative Coach®International Speaker | Author | Consultant
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www.gerryvisca.com
gerry@redchairbranding.com
905.528.6032
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I like Visca’s outlook on life because he is telling us to live our lives to the fullest and not to spend to much time on the things that we do wrong. “We underestimate the tremendous effort involved in its creation.” This relates to me because I work really hard to make my writing be the best that it can be. Even when I fail miserably I still tried my hardest to make the best creation I could make. “There is no difference between past, present, and future time.” I try to live my life day by day, I try to forget all the things that have happened in the past because the only thing that matters now is today and my future. There is nothing I need to keep bringing up that happened in the past because it is done and over with and I need to move on. I think people waste too much of their precious time they have to live, on worrying about what has happened in their past. That’s why I try my hardest to live my life day by day. (186)
ReplyDeleteI liked Visca’s outlook because it gives you inspiration. Anyone can live a “normal” life, but I believe the people who take chances and actually love what they get up and do everyday are the ones that are truly living life. “I recognized the power in the statement: energy flows where my attention goes. I allocated energy towards what I wanted. When fear presented itself, I focused on what I could control by visualizing the end result of all that I was creating and taking action through creation.” I think this line of the article applies to me because I feel that is how I write. What ever catches my eye that is what I put all of my energy into. “To creatively inspire people and ideas to action.” I think this line in the text really explains what I like to do. I love being there for people that need me. No matter what that need is I am there to try and help to the best of my ability. (171)
ReplyDeleteI really like Visca’s outlook because he explains how we need to put in time and strive to grow. “I can’t help but observe the growth of the ivy that continues to envelop my house. It has now managed to weave its way along the perimeter of my porch. Somehow it has achieved what it set out to do: artlessly grow! It puts in the time — daily, weekly and monthly. Its focus is centered on one key objective: continual growth.” I really liked this quote because it shows how we should be like the ivy on his porch. The ivy puts in the time and effort to grow and thrive and has succeeded which is what we should be doing to better ourselves. This quote also describes my writing process because it takes hard work and determination in order for me to write a good essay and writing a good essay is something I need to strive for in this class. Putting in my time and a lot of effort will hopefully “uncover my true potential.” (176)
ReplyDeleteI extremely enjoy the outlook on life that Visca describes in his article. "Plato argued that time is constant and life is the illusion. Einstein noted that our understanding of time is based on its relationship to our environment. He further noted that the faster you move the slower time moves. Reality is merely an illusion albeit a very persistent one. There is no difference between past, present, and future time." This quote brings forth the vision of understanding what is around you, which requires determination and intense concentration, not only to what you are doing, but why you want to accomplish this task, and what you are going to do to see it through. I try as much as I can to make every experience of mine deliberate and precise by questioning my actions and seeing them through if and only if they make sense to me. Visca states, "As I continued to step into my greatness, discomfort and challenge presented itself.", which to me means that as you accept your talents, you will be evermore met with challenges and objects that will deter you from continuing. I try to accept this in my own writing.(197)
ReplyDeleteI felt as if Visca was trying to put me through some weird time travel thing and something that will immensely change my life. I don’t agree with living his precise version of a scheduled life. Visca is attempting to aim his perfectly scheduled way of life toward all people. But in all reality, the only people who will ever attempt to follow his exact time travel scheme are people who are unemployed, do nothing for education, do no activities, and sit on a sofa gazing at a television twenty-four hours a day. I imagine the people that take on Visca’s time travel become “touched” by his article, and then go back to watching their TV. Most people who try or give themselves a purpose in life have a schedule. It is a schedule that gets them through their day how they want, nothing too complicated or consisting of “time travel.” “Stop what are you doing this very moment and grab your loved one sitting next to you and embrace them with the most passionate kiss ever.” I like his writing style of using bullets and numbers. That’s about it. This quote scares me. I feel that this man is lonely and uses his 25 minutes of meditating for wishing and imagining himself in a normal person’s life, and picking up women. “I truly believe that when you are living your life “on purpose,” you reach a state of flow.” I believe this is important in living life because it means you are not wasting valuable time, to a certain extent. I believe Visca has greatly exaggerated.
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I like and agree with the author and his idea about how it is us that controls time not time controlling us. I like this idea because we all want to be in control of our lives. "I truly believe that when you are living your life “on purpose,” you reach a state of flow", this line really resonates with me because when I came to high school I wanted to make a difference. I have done this through my work with FCCLA. I have left an impact in many ways in a few short years. I have been able to help sick children, through helping raise $10,000 children's miracle network and also making blankets for the kids that come to the hospitals. I also have helped locally with the food pantry when I worked with my 4H club and collected with my FCCLA chapter. "What I know for certain is that we all have a life purpose", this line mean a lot because we all do have a purpose and we are all needed. 164 word
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed Visca’s outlook on life. The thought of living in the moment and aspiring to accomplish your goals is a noble lifestyle and one that people, including myself, should embrace more fully. “I truly believe that when you are living your life “on purpose,” you reach a state of flow.” When I believe that when I think, completely, about what I want to say in my writing I get a sense of “flow” in my writing. When I have the idea and outline in my mind’s eye I can write with little thought as the words seem to just fall onto the page. “I have become fascinated with two significant concepts: The ability to create in less time and the power to completely re-create oneself.” I try to better myself in any way I can. I don’t recreate myself completely, because that’s not what he is saying. Personally, I live to be the best that I can be and I strive to better myself. In my writing I try to learn new styles and implement new vocab or other tricks and tips giving to me to enhance my writing.
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I really like what Visca says about life. I think living in the moment is important if you want a happy life. It causes you not to worry about thing in the future that you don’t even know will happen. “There is no difference between past, present, and future time.” I really like that saying because no matter what you try, you cannot change time. It’s just up to you on how you want to use your time. You can’s slow or speed up time, so just focus on how to spend the time you are given. “The more discomfort, the more disciplined and focused I became.” I can agree with that. You can only grow if you step outside your comfort zone and try new things. If you just live your life with what you are comfortable with, you will never know your true potential. I think more people should choose this type of life style.
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I personally like Visca's outlook for he took it upon himself to stop waiting around for the good things to happen to him and started to make them happen for himself. I feel we as a society need more people like that today. "Putting in the time" This quote carries so much sense and meaning. If more people would meerly take the extra effort and put in the little bits of more time it could take us from being ordinary to extraordinary by just doing that little extra. In my writing I feel like I try to do that little extra and put in a little more time to take my writing to a new level. "The ability to create in less time and the power to completely re-create oneself" this has impact on my life for I too believe that we all can become more efficient and that no matter who you are or where you came from you can always re-create or change who you are.
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I really like Visca's view on life and how he thinks that each person is on Earth for a purpose. By putting in time each person can accomplish much more and make the world a better place. "I truly believe that when you are living your life “on purpose,” you reach a state of flow", this quote is one of the most accurate ones in the whole article I think. I feel as if someone finds something that they are good at and feel like they are meant to do it, they will not only enjoy it more but they will also succeed. But also in the article he says “The more discomfort, the more disciplined and focused I became.” which I think is true because people in today's society like to live in a comfortable little bubble. But if they stepped outside their comfort zone they could become disciplined and go farther in life.
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